056 - PREMONITION

[kungfuwitch]

[Right on the heels of that mysterious broadcast Phoebe hastily dictates into her journal]

Did anyone else hear that? I've never heard his voice before, does anyone know who he is?

[Her hand is reaching for her radio as she speaks]

It's so weird, I didn't think anyone else co-

[Her words cut off in a sharp gasp as her fingers take hold of the device and the premonition slams into her mind. Her grip tightens as her eyes snap shut, images floating behind her eyelids. The whole thing takes less than a minute but it leaves her breathless as she comes back to herself. She takes a shakey breath, looking down at the radio for a moment as she processes what she just saw. Setting it down she takes up her pen and writes in a filter in a shakey hand]

[Filtered AWAY from anyone who would use this for harm or share it with anyone who would do so. Filtered AWAY from first gens EXCEPT Damsel, Reno, Flora and the man who just spoke through the radio.]

[Her voice is a little unsteady as she speaks]

I just had a premonition... a group of people. Twenty, maybe thirty of them. I've never seen them before but some of them looked like they were hurt. They're all looking up at the sky like they're afraid of something up there. [She pauses to take a breath] They're in one of those western towns in the Dead Zone. I think the man who just spoke to us is telling the truth. A group of us should go out there and see if we can help these people.

Comments

Peter

[kungfuwitch]

It would, wouldn't it. You're right, it's a good idea to keep at least a few people here who can protect the rest of the castle if something happens. There's no one here I'd trust more to keep people safe.

Phoebe

[spongetastic]

Thanks, babe. And it doesn't look like you guys are going too far, so you can always come back if there's trouble.

Peter

[kungfuwitch]

I'll keep my broom handy.

Phoebe

[spongetastic]

You know, we should go on a ride sometime. I miss flying.

Peter

[kungfuwitch]

I'd really like that. Do you want to wait until we get back or do you feel like blowing off steam before I take off?

Phoebe

[spongetastic]

I think a few laps around the castle will be fun before you go.

Peter

[kungfuwitch]

[She laughs] Meet you outside?

Phoebe

[spongetastic]

It's a date.

Peter/action

[kungfuwitch]

[When he gets outside she'll be standing by the steps with a broom leaned on her shoulder]

Hey handsome. Come here often?

[spongetastic]

Only when I'm meeting beautiful witches. How about you?

[kungfuwitch]

[She grins]

Only when I take my husband on a date.

[Setting her broom down she moves to give him a kiss]

[spongetastic]

He sounds like a lucky guy. [he kisses her back, smiling]

[kungfuwitch]

Not as lucky as I am.

[spongetastic]

[he picks up the broom, holding it out for her] Should we fly?

[kungfuwitch]

[She takes it from him with a smirk]

Can you believe that less than a day before I learned how to do this I was ranting about the stereotypes of witches on brooms and all that Halloween stuff?

[With a laugh she gently brushes the bristles along the grass at her feet. Energy flickers along the bristles and it jumps up into her hand. With a wink she sits on it, letting her feet lift off the ground]

[spongetastic]

Your world does have a sense of irony.

[it's cool how that works. At Hogwarts, all Peter had to do was say "Up" and the broom would jump in his hand. Phoebe's way, oddly enough, seems more magical to him. He sits behind her, an arm around her waist]

Flying was always my favorite power.

[kungfuwitch]

[She laughs]

Oh yeah. It was Halloween and we were all dressed up in costumes to go out. Turns out we were supposed to have some sort of "test" of our powers that day and we were all sucked into a portal and brought to the past. [a glance over her shoulder] Glinda, a "Nature Witch" with a strapless black dress and Elvira suddenly showing up in 1670.

[With a laugh she nudges the broom upward and off they go]

[spongetastic]

[he laughs at that imagery] I've only ever been to the future, but that sounds like an adventure.

[kungfuwitch]

Oh yes let me tell you one of my goals in life was to flash my cleavage to the 17th century [She laughs]

It really was incredible, though. We learned a lot and saved Melinda Warren - the woman who started the Halliwell line of witches.

[spongetastic]

That's pretty cool. Time travel isn't always that lucky. Hiro... well, you know how Hiro's trip to the past went. You met Adam. And when my future self went back in time, things got messed up.

[kungfuwitch]

[She nods, making a wide loop around the castle]

We had better luck with the past than the time we went to the future.

[You know, the time she was burned at the stake?]

[spongetastic]

[Peter saw himself get shot, he knows how that goes]

That's one power I don't miss, if I were honest.

[kungfuwitch]

[She nods]

Yeah it's one of the reasons why I've never wished we had more access to it than we did. I'm fine with the brief glimpses I get but there are some things that no one should be able to do.

[spongetastic]

[he loves you, Hiro, but your power is really dangerous. And it's killing you, bro. But he also thinks of Sylar, and the man's struggle with his power]

I like what I have. Even as hard as it is sometimes to control.

[kungfuwitch]

[No one should have that much power. No one.]

Me, too. Though, truth be told, I do sometimes miss being able to levitate.